December started easily enough. The Dodgers traded Starting pitcher Matt Magill to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Chris Heisey. Magill had made a few spot starts for the Dodgers over the past couple of seasons but was never going to crack the Dodgers rotation. Chris Heisey just adds to the Dodgers glut in the outfield and I only see him as a spot starter and a bat off the bench if he even sticks with the team.
The Dodgers next traded Drew Butera to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the world famous Player To Be Named Later. Butera is a modern day Bob Uecker with a sub .200 Batting Average and a career back up. He did come up with a few big hits for the Dodgers last season but by the end of the year his average was in the .180's and he had 3 homeruns and 14 RBI's.
The Dodgers picked up catcher Rod Lavarnway off waivers from the Boston Red Sox shortly after this. Lavarnway was the Catcher the Dodgers really wanted when they acquired Tim Fedorowicz a few seasons ago in a trade with the Red Sox. The Dodgers subsequently lost Lavarnway to the Chicago Cubs about a week later who then turned around and lost him to the Baltimore Orioles a few days after that. Three teams in about a week and never even picked up a glove or a bat.
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